ON JUSTICE

ON JUSTICE - If there is one word we have heard repeatedly the past few weeks it is the word justice.  It is a word and concept that both Hebrew prophets Amos and Micah emphasized some 2800 years ago, and it is a word and concept preached by Jesus as well.  What God wants is right living, doing right by others; not defrauding, oppressing, or taking advantage of others; caring for others who may be weak, vulnerable, oppressed, or unable to care for themselves.  It means right judgment in all my dealings with all people.  If we don’t practice justice with others in our daily lives, the prophets and Jesus contended, then our religious practice is a sham.  It is time in America to open up the floodgates that have been restrained way too long and let justice flow like a mighty stream.